Last week, I came to the depressing decision to stop sharing my #fridayKiss lines on social media as well as my First Wednesday WIP excerpts

On St. Patrick's Day, I'm always interested in the Boyd family Irish heritage and name meanings. My son's name, Finnegan Casey…

Self-editing tip: To change a sentence from passive to active voice, determine who is performing the action and change…

Head Hopping Gives Readers Whiplash: Who is telling the story? Moving from one point of view to the other is referred to as head-hopping.

Last year my ‘word’ was ‘breath’. “Instead of knee jerk reactions, take a breath. Before meeting a challenge, take a breath. Every day,...

A time for renewal is just around the corner, and 2021 will pass into the history books. A new year, new resolutions, and the future awaits.

Seasons greetings! Ornaments are my favorite things about dressing the house for the holidays—all the remembrances associated with each.

YULETIDE garden bench I donated via North American Friends of Chawton House was one of the first eight installed on Chawton House grounds.

‪I edited thirteen books in 2020. Two are second editions. Five will publish in 2021. Eight are JAFF. I am thankful for the twenty author...

It's that frightfully fun time of year, and Chick Lit Chat HQ has a few tricks along with a whole lot of treats coming your way this...

Many thanks to all who have supported our YULETIDE anthology. We will be making our initial donation towards "unrestricted funds" as...

Although the idea of ‘feminism’ was coined long after Jane Austen’s time, the contributing authors to the Austen-inspired anthology...

I am not a little proud to announce my third anthology in The Quill Collective series. Never heard of it? Aha! Likely because we have...

Dangerous to Know: Jane Austen's Rakes & Gentlemen Rogues is LIVE in Audiobook Oh happy day! The audiobook just went live on Audible,...

To Redeem or Not to Redeem a Rake by Christina Boyd (originally posted at Silver Petticoat Review, please check it out) *Greg Wise as...

Mary Crawford…a cosmo girl? That complex, charming, antagonist from Mansfield Park? Sure. And why not? To me, her tractable morals…

As fifty looms near, I confess I may not be comfortable with the idea of aging (though I am strongly against the alternative), I am hopeful